The NFL is investigating reports of a laser pointer that was apparently directed toward Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during the AFC Championship game in Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.

Reports of a green laser beam were first reported on social media by William Joy of Kansas City’s KMBC-TV.

Our photographer, Turner Twyman, caught someone pointing what appears to be a laser pointer in Tom Brady's face last night. Play between the "muff" that wasn't and Sorensen int. @NFL, @Patriots and @Chiefs all told me they weren't aware of the incident. pic.twitter.com/ejWBQ6i64C

This isn’t the focused red dot laser pointer we’re used to seeing on TV crime dramas. This is a green blob that dances around Brady’s head and shoulders, giving him the appearance of being in a disco.

And it isn’t just a case of twisted gamesmanship. According to a report issued by Oregon State University, laser beams can “cause mild skin burns to irreversible injury to the skin and eye.”

The Boston Herald confirmed Tuesday that the NFL is “looking into the report of the laser beam.”

“It didn’t affect the game, as far as we know,” Brian McCarthy, an NFL spokesman, told the Herald.

The green blob can be seen on Brady as he begins a drive just after an apparent muff of a punt by the Patriots’ Julian Edelman (the call was overturned and New England got possession). It is still apparent on the next play, a handoff from Brady to Sony Michel. On second down a Brady pass deflects off the hands of Edelman and is intercepted by Daniel Sorensen. There is no evidence that a laser beam caused the turnover.

KMBC also claimed to have located the laser beam on a deep pass by Brady later in the game.

The alleged incidents capped a postseason in which Chiefs didn’t necessarily put their best foot forward. From cbssports.com: “Chiefs fans were chastised by (team head coach) Andy Reid for throwing snowballs in the middle of their divisional round matchup against the Colts.”

Identifying the laser beamer would figure to be a needle-in-a-haystack endeavor. Though it’s true that 49ers legend Joe Montana — who ended his career with the Chiefs and whose quarterbacking resume is often compared to Brady’s in those tedious greatest of all time (GOAT) discussions — was in Arrowhead Stadium for Sunday’s game.

Gary Peterson is a sports writer for the Bay Area News Group. His prior assignments included 31 years as a sports columnist, serving as a general assignment news reporter, covering courts and writing a metro column before finding his way back to sports.